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Article 142, invoked by Supreme Court to overturn Chandigarh mayoral poll results
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Article 142, invoked by Supreme Court to overturn Chandigarh mayoral poll results

Science & Tech 21/02/24 08:29 AM IST
by Mahesh

'In overturning the results of the elections for the post of Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the Supreme Court on invoked the sweeping powers conferred on the court under Article 142 of Read More...

Having panchayats as self-governing institutions
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Having panchayats as self-governing institutions

Science & Tech 21/02/24 08:18 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Three decades have passed since the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments Acts came into effect, which envisaged that local bodies in India would function as institutions of local self government.' Read More...

What are Money Bills?
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What are Money Bills?

Science & Tech 21/02/24 07:55 AM IST
by Mahesh

'A seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India, led by the Chief Justice of India, addresses a request for priority to a reference concerning the manner in which the Centre got crucial amendments Read More...

Engineering graduates are steering the service industry
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Engineering graduates are steering the service industry

Science & Tech 20/02/24 09:17 AM IST
by Mahesh

'In a rapidly evolving global economy, the services sector has emerged as a significant player, contributing 53% of India’s Gross Value Added (GVA) versus the 28% of the industry sector.' T Read More...

Report on loacal fintech players
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Report on loacal fintech players

Science & Tech 20/02/24 09:03 AM IST
by Mahesh

'In its report presented to Parliament , the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has raised concerns about the dominance of fintech apps owned by foreign entities in the I Read More...

Kerala’s escalating human-wildlife conflicts
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Kerala’s escalating human-wildlife conflicts

Science & Tech 20/02/24 08:53 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Protests have erupted in Wayanad, Kerala after a man was killed by a herd of wild elephants, the third such death in less than a month in the district.' This is the latest in a series of such inci Read More...

SC examines divorced Muslim women’s right to maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC
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SC examines divorced Muslim women’s right to maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC

Science & Tech 20/02/24 08:23 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court has decided to examine if a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to a claim of maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) against her former husband — re Read More...

Annual investment of $2 trillion needed to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030: Report
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Annual investment of $2 trillion needed to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030: Report

Science & Tech 19/02/24 09:03 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The world would likely need an average of $2 trillion per year from 2024 through 2030 to achieve a key pledge signed at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Read More...

Gemini Pro 1.5 with 1 million tokens surpasses GPT-4 Turbo
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Gemini Pro 1.5 with 1 million tokens surpasses GPT-4 Turbo

Science & Tech 19/02/24 08:24 AM IST
by Mahesh

'OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video AI model may be spreading across the internet like wildfire, but it’s just not OpenAI that has announced a major development in AI.' Days after rebranding i Read More...

A ruling that gives primary schoolteaching a new slate
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A ruling that gives primary schoolteaching a new slate

Science & Tech 19/02/24 08:05 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently, Supreme Court of India upheld the decision of the Rajasthan High Court in ruling that the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree cannot be considered appropriate for primary schoolteaching.' Read More...